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E. T. MURPHY.

FAUGET AND BARREL BUNG.

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PAUC'BT AND BARREL BUNG.

No. 286,954. Patented Oct. 16, 1883.

INVENTOR f www WITNESSES ATTORNEYS UNrTED STATES PATENT trice.,

EDVARD T. MURPHY, OF EAST HAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTHTO VM. JOSEPH SHEEHAN, OF SAME PLAGE.

FAUcET AND BARRELBUNG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,954, dated October16, 18.83.

Application filed April 21, 1883. (No model.) l

\ To all whom, t may concern.'

Be'it known that I, EDWARD T. MURPHY, a citizen of the United States,residing at East Hampton, in the county of Hampshire and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFaucets and Barrel-Bungs; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying'drawings, and to lettersor figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a vertical sectional view of my device. Fig.2 isa front view of the bung, and Fig. 3 is a rear view of the faucet.Fig. 4 is an enlarged view, showing the outer end of the stem,guard-valve,

2o and stop or catch; and Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view of thesame.

This invention has relation to ilnprovements in tapping devices forbarrels and kegs; and it consists in the construction and novelarrangement of devices, as will be hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A represents a faucet having anexternallythreaded joint end a., which is designed to be introduced intothe internally-threaded mouth b of the bush I2, in order to connect saidfaucet thereto. The bush I3 is designed to be formed with the usualexterior tapering screw-surface,

l c, beyond which is the tubular perforated ex- 3 5 tension d, which,when thcbush is secured in the wall of a barrel or keg, projects intothe cavity thereof. The tubular extension d is usually made separatefrom the body of the bush, and is connected thereto by a screw- 40joint, c. The inner end of the extension is formed with an aperture, f,through 'which passes a tubular valve operating stem, g, which isprovided with a collar-bearing, h, which engages the end of the tubularextension. That end of the valve-stem which is within the cavity of thetubular extension d is laterally slottedat 7a, and is provided with anexterior left-hand thread, Z, to engage the iuteriorthrcad of the valvem, which is designed 5o to slide back and forth in the tubular extentiond when operated by turning the tubular stem g, the valve being preventedfrom turning by lateral guide devices a, engaging longitudinal guides aof the wall of the extension. A screw-plug, p, closes the inner end ofthe 5 5 extension d. That end of the valve-stem which is within theouter portion of the bush is laterally slotted, as indicated at s, asfar as the outer end of the stem, which is formed with a Wrench-scat, w.the lnouth of the bush is a guard-valve, c, which is provided with astop or catch engaging the outer end of the stem, and is held flush withsaid end by means of an interior` Spring, q. In this position theend""of the 65 valve-stem g occupies the opening o', which is made inthe guard-valve c.

In the joint end a of the faucet A is formed an angular mouth orWrench-bearing, c, which is the inner opening of the way through the 7ofaucet. Vhen this end of the faucet is screwed into the mouth of thebushing B, the guardvalve is pressed back-and the end of the valvestem`r/is engaged and turned by the faucet, this operation causingthe valvem in the cxtension of the bushing to move back, opening the way through'the perforations of the bush-` ing, and through the valve-stem and mouthof the bushing into the rear portion of the faucet.

In the middle portion of the faucet is pro- 8o vided a chamber, l),containing a spring, C, engaging a valvular expansion, E, of a tube,.-F, having slots b near the valve E. The tube F extends outward into theouter stein portion, G, of the faucet, which is externally threaded atc', to engagethe internal thread of the coupling H, whereby the spout Sis counected to the portion G. The coupling H is provided with theoperating handle or handles K, and is enlarged to receive the threadedend 9o of the portion G. The spout S is provided with a collar, L,within the coupling H, and with an extension, V, which projects inwardto enter the outer endof the stem-section G, engaging the outer end ofthe tubular stem F of the valve-head E.

When the coupling is turned 011 the stem G, to carry the spout-projection V into said stem, the tubular stem F is pushed i'nward, moving'the valve-head E back and opening the way zoo Around this seat in 6othrough the slots b into and through the tubular stem F to the spout. Tosluit off the flow the coupling` is turned in the opposite direction,allowing` the spring` C to force the valvehead E up against its seat d,closing the Way through the stem F to the spout. N/Vhen the faucet isremoved from the bung by turning it axially, this operation draws thevalve m forward and automatically closes the bung.

In order to ventilate the kegs and barrels, the brewer is provided witha Wrench of proper form to press back the guard-valve o and turn thetubular threaded stem g of the main valve m of the bushing'.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure. byLetters Patent, is-

l. The combination, with the bushing havescom ing a turning valve-stemprovided with a Wrench-seat at its end, of aguard-valve at the 2o

